Trousers-presser.



H. A. TENENT.-

TROUSERS PRESSER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.1o. 1911.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.'

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (1ct. 16, 1917.

Application filed February 10, 1917. Serial No. 147,757.

Z 'o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBBARD A. TENENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Pressers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trousers pressers in which the trousers or other garments are pressed between two plates. The object of the invention is to provide suitable and convenient means for manipulating the plates in applying and removing the trousers and in producing suitable pressure on the same wherever pressure may be desired.

The invention is an improvement on my invention which is illustrated and described in the Patent No. 796,471 issued to me August 8, 1905, and reference to said patent may be had for a more particular description of the invention covered thereby.

Of the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the presser when opened. Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental section taken along the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, but with the presser closed. Fig. 4 is a similar section along the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan of one of the clamps of the presser, and Fig. 6 is a side view of Fig. 4.

The trousers to be pressed are first dampened, and are then placed upon the plate 6, with the legs extending toward the narrow end of the plate, and with the cuffs, if any, placed on the extension 7 of the plate, the upper surface of this extension being offset downwardly from the upper surface of the plate sufficiently to allow room for one half of the thickness of the cuffs in excess of the thickness of the pants. The lower end of the trousers may then be held in place by a strap 8 and a clip 9 holds the upper portion of the trousers in place particularly when the presser is being closed, or is being opened to remove the trousers. The upper plate is then turned down on the trousers, being hinged to the lower plate by means of hinges 11, and the two plates are then pressed firmly together by means of clamps 12 and 13, the upper side of the cuffs passing into the space formed by the offsetting of the extension 14 of the upper plate.

The plates may be made of any; suitable material and shape. I prefer for the purpose thin sheets of wood firmly adhering to a central sheet 16 of wood, as such an arrangement eliminates the warping which would occur if the plates comprised single sheets. The extensions 7 and 14, however, I prefer to make of metal, so that the thickness may be materially reduced. On the adjacent surfaces of the plates and the extensions are lsheets 17 of any suitable cloth material.

These cloth sheets provide cushioning means for the trousers and absorb the moisture therefrom.

EachY hinge 11 comprises plates or straps 20 and 21 pivoted together in any suitable manner, strap l20 being fixed to the outer surface of plate 6, and strap 2l extending, as shown in Fig. 4, through an opening 22 in a strap 23 which is fixed to the outer surface of plate 10. Pivoted to the free end 24 of the strap 21 is an eccentric clamp 13, which when the plates are closed is adapted to press down on the strap 23 and force the plates firmly together by turning the arm 26 in one direction, but which when the arm is thrown inv the opposite direction releases the plates and allows them to be opened. By these means provision is made in an exceedingly simple manner for the hinging and the clamping of the two plates and for allowing them to separate when closed sufficiently to include trousers of any thiclmess.

Each clamp 12 is hinged to the plate 6 by means of a strap 28 fixed to the outer surface of the plate anda strap 29 pivoted in any suitable manner to the strap 28, the eccentric clamp 12 being pivoted to the free end of the strap 29. Fixed to the outer surface of the plate 10 is a strap 30 which forms a seat for the eccentric, as indicated in Fig. 3; and a flange 31 projecting from the strap 30 locks the eccentric in place preventing it from slipping sidewise from the strap 30. And projections 32 each side of the strap 29 prevent longitudinal displacement of the strap.

Shoulders 33 on the strap 21 prevent the strap `22 from sliding down on the strap 21 too far toward the hinge when the presser is opened, and springs 34 hold the plates apart when the presser is being closed so as to prevent the plate 10 from displacing any portion of the trouser as the plate descends thereon, the springs, while sufficiently strong to hold the plates apart, are easily overcome by the aotion of the clamp. And the clip 9 also assists'in holdi'ng'thel trousers from dis-` placement as the plate descends.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a press, two plate's,'tivo ofithe'iedes of said `plates being rotatably but loosely Connected, and means for clamping"A and looking the opposite edges of said plates togethe'r,l saidmeans comprising a strap iXed to each of said plates, a thirdtstraptpi'voted' to one of said straps, the other of said straps having 'flange fproj eoting' outwardly there'- rom fad'j a'ee'nt f the" edge of' the plate.y and A a'v elamp'ffixe'd :to the'free end of said thirdA to one of said straps, the other of said straps ha'f'i'niqfafflange'proj eetingf outwardly therefrom adjacent the edge of the plate, and a clamp fixed to the free end of said third strap,"said elainpad'apted to press on said flanged strap adjacent said flange with the flange positioned between said clamp and said third strap, and means to prevent longitudinal movement of said clamp.

3. In' apre'ss, twop'lates, two of the edges of said Dlates being rotatably but loosely Connected, means for' olampingq 'andloelring the opposite" edges-of saidif platesV together,

lsaid nea'nseomprising strap: Xed to each of said plates"adjaeentl vone edge thereof, a third lstrap pivoted tol one'of said two'straps, a clamp iiXed tothe free'end'of said third strap and Amiapted to' pre'srsfon'fthe'othe'r: of said two' straps,V and vmeans to prevent longitudinal orl transverse movement of' sa-id clamp` on "sai'd'ilatter strap.

In' testimony whereof, I' hereunto hand. f

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